Accelerating OXIDE’s Quantum Business by Joining Europe’s Quantum Innovation Ecosystem
OXIDE Corporation (Headquarters: 1747-1 Maginohara, Mukawa, Hokuto, Yamanashi, Japan; President
(COO & CFO): Masayuki Yamamoto) announced that it has been selected as the first member of Quantum
Denmark’s newly established Supply Chain Partnership Program, launched to build a global quantum
innovation ecosystem. Through this selection, OXIDE will strengthen collaboration with Quantum Denmark,
which serves as one of the hubs integrating Europe’s quantum networks and coordinating the region’s
quantum industry. Working with Quantum Denmark is expected to rapidly expand OXIDE’s access to
European quantum funding opportunities, as well as to key research and industry networks and contacts
across the quantum hardware supply chain. Leveraging this opportunity, OXIDE will accelerate the
expansion of its quantum business in Europe.
1. Quantum Denmark and the Supply Chain Partnership Program
Denmark is widely recognized as one of Europe’s leading countries in quantum technologies, building
on a strong historical foundation in quantum physics represented by Niels Bohr (Note). In 2023, the Danish
government launched the National Strategy for Quantum Technology, promoting a comprehensive
approach spanning basic research, industrialization, and international collaboration. In particular,
commercialization, supply chain development, and international cooperation are positioned as key
strategic priorities.
Established under this national strategy, Quantum Denmark is an international hub organization aimed
at accelerating the social implementation and industrialization of quantum technologies. Quantum
Denmark, which includes a quantum test center, is a hub where startups, companies, and investors gather—
Quantum Denmark plays a bridging role to translate research outcomes into real-world applications.
Quantum Denmark also actively promotes collaboration not only within Europe but also with partners in
North America and Asia, making it an important gateway to the European quantum ecosystem.
The Supply Chain Partnership Program is a mechanism designed to help achieve a key Danish strategic
objective: building a resilient quantum value chain domestically. For this purpose, Quantum Denmark
selects promising member companies and provides opportunities to access and engage within its network.
2. Expanding OXIDE’s Laser Business for Quantum-Computer in Europe through Quantum Denmark
OXIDE’s core technologies include growth technology for nonlinear optical single crystals and frequency
conversion technology. Through the development and mass production of deep-ultraviolet (DUV) lasers
for wafer defect inspection applications in semiconductor front-end processes, OXIDE has built a strong
technological foundation in fields that demand high output power, high stability, and high reliability.
Globally, quantum-computer development is steadily transitioning from fundamental R&D toward
industrialization. As this shift continues, the market is increasingly calling for highly mature laser
technologies—comparable to those established in the semiconductor industry. OXIDE has already achieved
the productization of a high-power 302 nm laser, which plays an important role in quantum operations for
neutral-atom quantum computers, and has also announced the establishment of a development and
supply framework through collaboration with Vexlum, a semiconductor laser manufacturer (as disclosed
in: ”OXIDE Launches Sales of UV Laser Light Sources for Quantum Computers” and ” OXIDE Signs Strategic
Partnership Agreement with Vexlum for the Development and Manufacturing of High-Power Lasers
Targeting Quantum Computing Applications”).
With this selection, OXIDE will take these initiatives further and accelerate its business expansion in
Europe by joining the quantum innovation ecosystem formed by Quantum Denmark. The social
implementation of quantum technologies requires more than conventional sales activities; it is essential to
collaborate with promising quantum-related companies from the development stage onward. The
Quantum Denmark-led Supply Chain Partnership Program provides OXIDE with a valuable foothold to
secure concrete collaborations with companies across the European quantum ecosystem and to capture
the ongoing wave of quantum industrialization.
OXIDE will fully leverage this partnership and strengthen collaboration with quantum startups,
universities and research institutions, and enabling-technology companies within Quantum Denmark’s
ecosystem—thereby accelerating its quantum business.
3. Comment from Lauar A. Smoliar, CEO of Quantum Denmark
Quantum Denmark is pleased to have OXIDE inaugurate its new Supply Chain Partnership Program,
designed for mature companies in the supply chain of adjacent industries such as semiconductor, lasers,
and optics that can play an essential role in building a quantum industry. OXIDE is well known for high
performance lasers supplying top semiconductor equipment companies as well as high quality
components in laser systems used throughout the world.
OXIDE was itself a startup in 2000, and their leaders understand the startup journey through IPO well.
Their presence in Quantum Denmark will be an important boost for the resident startups who are building
the quantum industry of tomorrow, and their expertise will lift the Danish and European Quantum
Ecosystems, especially in optical technologies that span across sensing, communications, and computing.
4. Outlook
Quantum technologies are rapidly shifting their center of gravity from research and development toward
social implementation and industrialization. Seizing this opportunity, OXIDE has been advancing the
application of its semiconductor-proven laser technologies to the quantum field and reinforcing its supply
chain through collaborations with external partners. Through this initiative, OXIDE has now also established
a foothold in Europe for both development and business activities.
Starting with its collaboration with Quantum Denmark, OXIDE will closely track developments in the
European quantum industry and continue to drive its quantum business forward.
Note;
Niels Bohr was a Danish physicist who established the Bohr model of the atom and laid the foundations of
modern quantum physics. He received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922 for his theoretical contributions
to the understanding of atomic structure.
For inquiries regarding this matter
OXIDE Corporation, Investor Relations
ir@opt-oxide.com
[Company Overview]
OXIDE Corporation was founded in 2000 as a venture company originating from the National Institute for
Materials Science (NIMS). The Company is headquartered in Hokuto City, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan,
where it operates its head office and manufacturing facilities, and also maintains a business office in
Hodogaya Ward, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture. Since its establishment, OXIDE Corporation has
aimed to become a global niche leader in the fields of single crystals and lasers. Guided by the following
management philosophy, the Company has continuously focused on businesses in which it can fully
leverage its strengths in single-crystal development and optical technologies across the optical value chain.
Management Philosophy: Be a global-niche-top company in Single Crystals and Lasers ・Use the results of
our research to benefit society, and provide key materials to the world ・Provide material solutions to
customers and contribute to the development of society ・Develop products centered on single crystals,
and continue to create future market opportunities The Company’s core business consists of the
development, manufacturing, and sales of single crystals, optical components, laser light sources, and
optical measurement systems—technologies that are essential to the “Age of Light” in the 21st century.
OXIDE operates three business domains: Frontier Tech, Semiconductor, and Healthcare. In recognition of
its technological excellence and global competitiveness, OXIDE was selected as one of the Ministry of
Economy, Trade and Industry’s Global Niche Top 100 Companies in 2014. In February 2021, the Company
received the Grand Prix at the Small Giants Award 2021, hosted by Forbes Japan. OXIDE’s distinctive
strengths include: a strong base of highly specialized experts and engineers in single-crystal and optical
technologies, enabling sustained growth as a research-driven technology company; and proven
capabilities in acquiring optical technologies from both domestic and international companies and
successfully commercializing them. These strengths form the foundation of the Company’s originality and
competitive advantage
